More people have become aware of the need to change schooling in a significant way, moving away from knowledge retention to equipping students with capacities to solve problems, work with others, communicate and create opportunities. But they ask ‘But what would such schools look like?  

The Australian Learning Lecture commissioned Valerie Hannon, a UK-based thought leader, to conduct a global scan and analysis of the nature of the future school.  Her research revealed more than 50 Future School models already operating in many countries and that despite differences in circumstance and purpose, there were key design principles common to them all.